Endless Throne - Chapter 31

“Mommy——”

The little spiders called out anxiously from within the cat carrier. A nearby intermediate aberrant heard the sound, grabbed the cat carrier, and threw it directly toward its mouth.

Lin Yebai immediately threw out his fang, which traced a crescent trajectory through the air. The intermediate aberrant’s throat was half-severed, only able to make “ho ho” gasping sounds. It staggered a few steps and fell heavily to the ground, and the cat carrier rolled away with it.

Zhou Yuan quickly rushed to grab the cat carrier—these were all Old Wang’s children.

Seeing Zhou Yuan pick up the cat carrier, Lin Yebai continued his pursuit.

Coach Wang still had spider silk, so there was still a glimmer of hope. The urgent priority was to kill Lin Fugui.

“Why must we father and son kill each other?” Lin Fugui couldn’t understand at all why Lin Yebai wanted to deliver a killing blow.

Lin Yebai slashed toward Lin Fugui’s other bat wing, but unfortunately Lin Fugui was already prepared and successfully dodged.

Running on land, Lin Fugui’s speed wasn’t slow either.

His two fat legs created afterimages as he ran—this was the first time in history that his wings had been injured.

Lin Fugui was somewhat flustered. Actually, he still had the ability to manipulate blood, which was his real trump card. He could make blood explode directly inside aberrants’ bodies and then control the blood droplets, but it was completely ineffective against Lin Yebai. He could only resort to the physical attacks he had long abandoned. His five fingers formed claws, and each claw left pitch-black claw marks in the air. Black mist rose up, and any aberrant touched by it burned to ash.

Lin Yebai instinctively felt that the black mist was very troublesome, so each time he deliberately guided the black mist toward other aberrants.

The two chased and fled, getting farther and farther from the bridge.

Lin Fugui was suffering great losses. Wherever he passed, the corpses of aberrants on the road all manifested black mist, quickly burning and turning to fine dust.

At these moments, Lin Fugui’s speed would increase by a notch.

Lin Yebai had always been meticulous. When he had killed the intermediate aberrants earlier, he had already split open their skulls, collected the blood pearls, and carried them with him, not fearing any losses.

Lin Fugui was probably heading toward the main camp. The aberrants they encountered grew more numerous, and his bat wing healed partially.

His heart was filled with hatred, and he only wanted to lure Lin Yebai to his lair for a group killing.

Damn it, Lin Yebai looked sickly and weak, unable to even handle a few intermediate aberrants, yet when chasing him, he ran faster than anyone. Most infuriating of all, he still looked like he might drop dead at any moment, as if he couldn’t even lift his blade.

Every time Lin Fugui turned his head, he felt like Lin Yebai was about to catch up to him, forcing him to burn his own blood pearls in exchange for short-term mobility.

Wasn’t Lin Yebai tired? What was the secret to his endurance?

Looking carefully, Lin Yebai actually had a sack tied around his waist. To be precise, it was a very common fertilizer bag with “Jin Kela” written on it in three characters. He occasionally pulled out a blood pearl from inside, held it in his hand, and the blood pearl quickly crumbled to powder.

Those blood-red pupils grew increasingly bright. Lin Fugui had a vague illusion that he was food Lin Yebai had set his sights on. If he slowed down even a bit, his head would fall and his blood pearl would be stuffed into that Jin Kela bag, indistinguishable from the other blood pearls.

[Guthana the Dark God]: Want to buy a bag for baby, I’ve wanted to complain about this Jin Kela fertilizer bag for a long time

[Soft Cat Ears]: Me too, every time I look at baby’s face and then at Jin Kela, my heart aches

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat] tipped star coins x10000

[Super Rich Tangerine Seat]: Baby buy a bag

[Crispy Shark]: So what, baby will still have to keep using the Jin Kela fertilizer sack in this world

Lin Yebai thought about it carefully. Other bags were too small and couldn’t hold as much as a sack, nor were they as sturdy as a sack. This bag would probably be used for a while longer.

He didn’t pay attention to appearances—convenience was what mattered.

During this chase, he had already absorbed too many blood pearls. Violent emotions accumulated repeatedly, urgently needing release. It was as if even his blood had become scorching, thirsting for burning, thirsting for slaughter.

The bone knife in his hand, having been saturated with fresh blood, also underwent strange changes.

It was still accumulating power, waiting for the moment of qualitative change.

The blood pearl from the big fish’s skull was especially large, with particularly dense blood energy inside. Lin Yebai had a feeling of being too full but unable to stop eating. His hair took on a strange luster.

The insights gained from years of practicing swordsmanship completely merged and unified at this moment.

He closed his eyes slightly, and relying only on his senses, he locked onto Lin Fugui’s position.

A simple slash, without light or shadow, without sound.

Killing intent refined to its ultimate form paradoxically became simple, plain and unremarkable.

Lin Fugui’s heart turned cold. He wanted to dodge but couldn’t find an opportunity—every direction was blocked, with no escape possible.

He squeezed into a narrow alley, just about to leap over a wall when the world-shaking knife arrived.

Time seemed to slow down in this instant. Lin Yebai could clearly see Lin Fugui’s escape trajectory, condensed into a static picture.

All sounds ceased. Only the unstoppable, incomparably sharp knife intent continued forward, forcefully tearing through the picture and entering Lin Fugui’s body.

For a few brief seconds, there was no change at all.

The picture remained frozen. Suddenly, a line of symmetry appeared on Lin Fugui’s body.

He had been divided equally.

[Literary Mentor]: At this moment Lin Fugui is most qualified to say that line

[I Am a Little Green Dragon]: He split open

Due to this slash, Lin Yebai’s injuries were aggravated. He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, all his internal energy was completely exhausted, and his black hair lost its vitality, slowly fading to silver-gray.

The previous fighting, the long chase, the accumulated minor injuries, plus the overloaded final slash—all combined to place an enormous burden on his body. Sharp pain rose in his chest, and he could barely stand.

The barrage became unprecedentedly quiet.

Watching that raven-black long hair lose its former color made Lin Yebai appear even more bloodlessly pale, frighteningly wan. Yet half his face still bore blood traces left from close-range aberrant kills.

When he closed his eyes, he appeared frail and powerless, easily broken, fragile like thin snow on a mountain peak.

The dark blood traces added several degrees of eerie coldness to his temperament.

A person who should have been pure and untainted, like a banished immortal, yet engaging in acts of carnage, wielding a sharp knife with the true power of life and death.

He inspired admiration yet no one dared to touch him.

Two contradictory qualities merged into one on his body—dangerous yet alluring, utterly captivating.

[Orange Probiotic Drink]: awsl

[Fu Luo Bei]: Love love love

[I Totally Ship This On The Spot]: Wuwuwuwu this is too beautiful

[The Ordinary Me]: When I saw the Jin Kela sack, I sobered up quite a bit

Lin Yebai didn’t relax his guard. He gripped a blood pearl, looking at the motionless corpse before him.

Without a system notification, Lin Fugui’s death wasn’t complete.

After recovering a bit of strength, he used his knife to sever Lin Fugui’s limbs, wanting to extract the blood pearl.

Lin Fugui’s corpse suddenly transformed into black mist, from which countless black bats flew out, their eyes blood-red, rushing toward Lin Yebai.

“Woof——”

The three-headed giant dog was passing by the alley when it discovered Lin Yebai, extremely weak and leaning against the wall.

He was covered in blood, small, pitiful, and helpless.

This was clearly those stinking bats taking advantage of someone’s weakness! Damn it! Despicable and shameless!!!

It immediately squeezed in, forcefully blocking Lin Yebai’s front.

“Woof woof woof woof——”

Ergou couldn’t tolerate his subjects being bullied and howled with his neck raised.

The little bats hadn’t even gotten close to Ergou before they were devoured by chaotic spatial forces.

“Woof——”

“You stinking dog, mind your own business!” Lin Fugui was absolutely furious. If he hadn’t temporarily broken through that barrier, he would already be dead under Lin Yebai’s knife.

“Woof woof woof!”

Lord Ergou was enraged.

Damn it, this bat was truly despicable and shameless to the extreme, and it even dared to curse! How could such a thick-skinned and shameless bat exist in this world!

The Teddy dog head spat out red flames, burning several bats to death.

“I’m going to stew you today and make hot pot with dog meat!” Lin Fugui’s killing intent surged as he decided to kill this stinking dog too.

“Woof——” Come on then! Trash bat!

Ergou’s eyes were provocative, with that unique ghostly charm that only huskies possessed.

It had spatial abilities. Several consecutive spatial collapses caught Lin Fugui off guard. Even though the little bats scattered throughout the sky, they still couldn’t escape the strangling power of spatial forces, not to mention the Teddy head’s flames, which seemed to come specifically to counter bats—wherever they flew, the flames followed.

Even though Lin Fugui had broken through and was of higher rank than Ergou, he still couldn’t gain any advantage.

Ergou’s abilities were too troublesome.

Lin Fugui’s blood manipulation ability was equally unable to threaten Ergou. After his black mist burned away the fur on Ergou’s back, he discovered that Ergou’s body was full of blood-colored magma—there was no blood at all.

Ergou had been burned bald in several places. It whimpered twice, its dog fur bristling with anger, and fought Lin Fugui with real fire, locked in fierce combat.

Lin Yebai quickly absorbed blood pearls to recover his internal energy. The remaining portion in his sack quickly turned to dust.

His body still felt drained, as if it might fall apart. He couldn’t use that final slash that had killed Lin Fugui, but he could help Ergou now.

Blood-colored knife energy cut the bats surrounding Ergou in half, clearing some space.

Although spatial abilities were heaven-defying, they had usage limitations and couldn’t be used frequently.

The good news was that Lin Fugui had lost more than half his little bats.

Lin Yebai and Ergou exchanged glances, both wanting to take this opportunity to finish off Lin Fugui.

“Can’t we stop fighting?” Lin Fugui sensed his disadvantage and didn’t want to continue the attrition.

His strongest blood manipulation ability was completely useless. Whether it was Lin Yebai or Ergou, they both seemed naturally designed to counter him.

The little bats were formed from his essence. Too many deaths gave him a strong sense of crisis, heartbreaking pain. He even had a premonition that recovering to his previous level would be extremely troublesome.

“You two, we can cooperate.”

“Other cities also have high-level aberrants. There are even more powerful existences. To become stronger, they seek out their own kind and rob blood pearls.”

“We three are all so powerful—why not become sworn brothers?”

“Even if you kill all my little bats, I won’t die. Several already flew away just now.”

“If you don’t stop now, you’ll face my terrible revenge in the future.”

“Even if you’re not afraid, your friends will be.”

“I can control aberrants and will definitely be useful in the future…”

Lin Fugui racked his brains, trying to think of more reasons.

Lin Yebai had indeed seen little bats flying away. There were too many of them, and even though he had intercepted them with blade energy, some still escaped.

“We can be considered friends who didn’t know each other without a fight. From now on we’ll be family, so stop fighting, stop…”

Ergou’s eyes showed humanlike contemplative expression, somewhat moved, and looked toward Lin Yebai.

Lin Yebai nodded.

He really couldn’t lift his blade anymore. The pain in his chest hadn’t subsided and was spreading throughout his body, growing stronger.

Not being able to thoroughly kill Lin Fugui made him uneasy.

Since there was no opportunity today, he might as well try again next time.

He could have Xiahou Yun coax Lin Fugui into drinking more medicine to supplement his nutrition.

“Excellent!”

“Second brother, third brother, from now on we’re family!” Lin Fugui quickly took advantage, claiming seniority. Even in sworn brotherhood, he had to be the eldest!

“Woof!” Ergou was somewhat dissatisfied with the ranking, but it rather liked the number “two.”

Lin Yebai was too frail to be suitable as big brother. The bat monster was passable—he was going to die anyway, so letting him be happy for a few days wasn’t bad.

“Fine.” Lin Yebai agreed without burden. If aberrants from other cities came to cause trouble, of course “big brother” Lin Fugui would have to step up.

“Good brothers!”

“Hahahahahaha…” Lin Fugui let out sharp laughter, completely satisfied:

“Who would have thought that I, Lin Fugui, at middle age, would have such fortune—meeting two such good brothers!”

Ergou showed a disdainful expression. Its spatial ability seemed about to break through again. Next time it would wipe out the bat monster in one fell swoop and inherit his property.

The bat monster didn’t seem very smart. With this human’s help, it should be easy to handle.

Ergou glanced at Lin Yebai’s hair, very much liking this color. It was somewhat similar to the fur on its belly, but smoother and more lustrous.

Ergou liked it at first sight—cute, wanted to lick it.